Marmoset
Reptile Researcher
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Post by Marmoset on Feb 1, 2017 14:16:50 GMT -5
TCC's ending is a literal cliffhanger, of course, but I wonder if they'll still find room for a song. A reprise of That's Not How The Story Goes with lines for Hugo, Colette and Kevin, perhaps? Or something totally new? I think the intense circumstances could provide some humour to an emotional song, quite like the tone of How Do You Slow This Thing Down? by the Gothic Archies. In fact, it might be appropriate to sing that very song. It does seem like the most fitting Gothic Archies song for the show's atmosphere, save perhaps Things Are Not What They Appear. If they manage to work in any of their music I'll be very happy.
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Post by theplague on Feb 5, 2017 17:28:25 GMT -5
I think I have a very flawed guess as to what the non-Baudelaire subplots in the Austere Academy and Ersatz Elevator episodes. In the Austere Academy, it could make sense for them to focus on the whole business with Jerome marrying Esme, Jacques's attempts to stop this from happening, and the loss of the penthouse for the volunteers. I think they might do this because it would establish the three characters earlier, and it'd be pretty easy to tie in with The Austere Academy given that Esme is supposed to be the executor of the Quagmire estate. In the Ersatz Elevator, I could see them doing something with Kit's brief job as the teacher there, and Mrs. Bass's robbery of the (probably) Baudelaire fortune, although I'm less confident about this because it would probably be a bit early for that.
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2017 7:43:55 GMT -5
Incorporating Mrs. Bass's theft of the Baudelaire fortune would also serve the purpose of giving Mr. Poe more to do, actually - but I wonder if it would be giving the game away too early. After all, the books never even confirmed that it was the Baudelaire fortune that she stole. I guess you could just hint at it, as the books arguably do.
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Post by Strangely on Feb 6, 2017 9:06:58 GMT -5
I've never put much stock in the theory that it was the Baudelaire fortune that was stolen. I mean had it been a cyber theft than I could see how you could drain a specific persons account, but in a literal bank robbery I just don't see it. Unless the Baudelaire fortune is a physical item like the Quagmire sapphires of course, but nothing like that is ever said.
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Post by Dante on Feb 6, 2017 10:25:38 GMT -5
I wasn't particularly fond of the theory when I first heard it, but after The End didn't make an issue of the fortune save for a veiled hint that neither Olaf nor the Baudelaires would ever get their hands on it, I came around. I find it quite credible that the ASoUE universe is one in which, like Gringotts, every bank account corresponds to a particular vault with a whole load of moneybags in it.
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Post by theplague on Feb 6, 2017 10:45:25 GMT -5
I'm actually pretty sure the large safe behind Mr. Poe's desk contains the Baudelaire fortune itself.
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Post by Strangely on Feb 6, 2017 11:03:38 GMT -5
I wasn't particularly fond of the theory when I first heard it, but after The End didn't make an issue of the fortune save for a veiled hint that neither Olaf nor the Baudelaires would ever get their hands on it, I came around. I find it quite credible that the ASoUE universe is one in which, like Gringotts, every bank account corresponds to a particular vault with a whole load of moneybags in it. I suppose that's possible, the ASOUE world is a weird place after all. I also assumed they could never claim the money anyways as they were fugitives, but it could have been stolen too. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if they never used it just because of all the trouble it caused them...
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Post by theplague on Mar 2, 2017 22:14:50 GMT -5
I imagine that they'll make the bald man the doorman in The Ersatz Elevator, because if they still have the White Faced Women kidnap the Quagmires in TAA, then he'll be the only one to not be the main henchman at any point.
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Post by Mr. Dent on Apr 9, 2017 21:27:15 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if they didn't change the intro for Season Two and Three. Maybe not change the song, but change the beginning and ending visuals, which feature references to plot elements to TBB thru TMM in Season One. (Or, if they get a big enough actress to play Esme, they might want to add her to the opening credits as well.)
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Post by ryantrimble457 on Apr 10, 2017 7:36:30 GMT -5
I wonder if they'll change the intercom to something like a Hospital-wide TV system, and we have more of a Big Brother feel? Maybe his face is obscured on screen or something? I can imagine it very similarly to "Eye of the Beholder," from "The Twilight Zone." See: youtu.be/GLUqQXZrWpM?t=23m2s
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coolcat667
Catastrophic Captain
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Post by coolcat667 on May 4, 2017 12:10:26 GMT -5
Are we sure they will get to TCC? If it follows the first season it will only go through THH. Plus I feel like the ending of THH is a better way to end a season than the ending of the CC Are you kidding me? THH doesn't have a very interesting ending, but TCC ends on a literal cliffhanger!
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Post by theplague on May 4, 2017 22:01:42 GMT -5
I think they might start season 2 with the masked ball at the Duchess of Winnipeg's castle. I'm not sure how they'd avoid making it confusing, but it would make for a more interesting opening to the season than the Baudelaires meeting Vice Principal Nero, it would be a nice way to pad out time, and given that the scene will probably be longer than in the books anyway it'd be less awkward to have it as the first scene rather than sort of shoehorned between two other scenes. Maybe Snicket can give his opening monologue as he's being pursued by the palace guards in a sort of tracking shot, and also explain that what you're seeing is a flashback. I don't necessarily WANT this to happen but it seems like something they might do.
Also, someone already mentioned that the Librarian of Prufrock will probably get more focus, and I could imagine them extending the library scene the same way the extended the movie theater. I like the idea of them going with the route that Prufrock Prep WAS a VFD training school, but has now lost it's purpose with Nero in charge, and therefore leaving the Librarian as the only VFD member left at the school, pointlessly trying and failing to recruit students. Maybe the PRINCIPAL of the school is on the fire-starting side of VFD and is manipulating Nero into running the school the way it is. I like the idea that Nero though Vice Principal sounded more important more, but this would be an easy way to incorporate the VFD plot in.
I wonder how they'll add on to the Coach Ghengis disguise. They expand and add to all the disguises in the show, making them a lot more complex, but the one's seen in Season 1 are well known stereotypes, making it pretty easy. Coach Ghengis, however, doesn't really have and instantly recognizable character. I hope they use the mustache / eyebrow making pencil from Book 9 on him, to introduce it early.
They might have Mr. Poe's kids attend Prufrock, given that we are seeing a lot more focus on his family in the show and Mr. Poe does admire the school quite a bit. I'm not sure how they would be incorporated though. We might get a few recurring background students anyway, like those three workers in the lumber mill. I hope they include some scenes of Olaf and Carmelita interacting, possibly in the actual student dorms.
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Post by Grace on Nov 20, 2017 11:05:01 GMT -5
I imagine that they'll make the bald man the doorman in The Ersatz Elevator, because if they still have the White Faced Women kidnap the Quagmires in TAA, then he'll be the only one to not be the main henchman at any point. The doorman was one of my favorite parts of TEE, because as a kid I immediately picked up on his disguise because of the way Snicket kept mentioning his hands were covered, and his odd voice. So I was freaked (much like the Baudelaires are throughout the series) the whole time because no one in the story seemed to notice, and there were even moments where he appeared to be nice to the kids, which confused lil me. Anyway I am very excited for how they're going to do that, but I wonder if they could possibly make the disguise fool anyone, as it did in the story. The hook-handed man has distinctive scars on his face, not to mention actually seeing his ridiculously long sleeves is slightly suspicious. They could have the bald man do it ^, but he's also distinctive physically cause he's so big. I'm just about to give up my hope that the disguise is successful, but it's a bit of a bummer. It was nice to occasionally have a henchperson successfully hidden, just for the sake of variety. I wonder how they'll add on to the Coach Ghengis disguise. They expand and add to all the disguises in the show, making them a lot more complex, but the one's seen in Season 1 are well known stereotypes, making it pretty easy. Coach Ghengis, however, doesn't really have and instantly recognizable character. I hope they use the mustache / eyebrow making pencil from Book 9 on him, to introduce it early. I'm also curious how they're going to manage this disguise. Like the henchperson of indeterminate gender, the orientalism here is a tad problematic in 2017/8.
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Nov 21, 2017 21:09:49 GMT -5
Re: Coach Genghis, NPH gave an interview during the summer wherein he did a sample of the Coach Genghis voice and the approach he seems to be taking is to go heavy on the "gym teacher" aspect, complete with Midwestern drawl, thus avoiding any racist attempts at an Indian accent altogether.
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Post by Reba on Nov 21, 2017 22:53:12 GMT -5
what on earth is a midwestern drawl?
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